Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 Explained

Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4
Type:	Album
Artist:	Dizzy Gillespie
Cover:	Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4.jpg
Released:	1975
Recorded:	September 17 & 19, 1974 Los Angeles, California
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	44:38
Label:	Pablo 2310-719
Producer:	Norman Granz
Chronology:	Dizzy Gillespie
Prev Title:	The Source
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner
Next Year:	1974

Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (also released as Dizzy's Big 4) is an album by Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1974 and released on the Pablo label.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review called the album "easily one of Dizzy Gillespie's best small-group recordings from the latter portion of his career".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated

1. "Frelimo" - 8:14
2. "Hurry Home" (Buddy Bernier, Joseph Meyer, Robert D. Emmerich) - 6:24
3. "Russian Lullaby" (Irving Berlin) - 6:51
4. "Be Bop (Dizzy's Fingers)" - 4:31
5. "Birks' Works" - 8:55
6. "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 2:48
7. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) - 6:55

Personnel

• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
• Joe Pass - guitar
• Ray Brown - bass
• Mickey Roker - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/dizzy-gillespie/catalog/#pablo-2310-719 Dizzy Gillespie discography
2. Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed April 16, 2012